[INTRO]
AmE7GD
E|-0-------------|-0-------------|-2------2------|-2------2------|
B|-1------1------|-0------0------|-0----0---0----|-3----3---3----|
G|-2----2---2----|-1----1---1----|-0--0-------0--|-2--2-------2--|
D|-2--2-------2--|-0--0-------0--|-0------------0|-0------------0|
A|-0------------0|-2------------2|-2-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|---------------|
FCDmE
E|-1------1------|-0------0------|-1-------------|-0-------------|
B|-1----1---1----|-1----1---1----|-3------3------|-0------1------|
G|-2--2-------2--|-0--0-------0--|-2----2---2----|-1----1---1----|
D|-3------------3|-2------------2|-0--0-------0--|-2--2-------2--|
A|-3-------------|-3-------------|--------------0|-2------------2|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-------------|
For the song play each chords 7 times in a strumming pattern like this:
CHORDS:DDUUDUD
Just before your about to change the chord strum down twice then change.
D=Strum Down
U=Strum Up
So really the strumming pattern is this:
DDUUDUD...DD.
[VERSE]
AmE7
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
GD
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
FC
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Dm
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
E
I had to stop for the night
AmE7
There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell
G
And I was thinking to myself
D
This could be heaven or this could be hell
FC
Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way
Dm
There were voices down the corridor,
E
I thought I heard them say...
[CHORUS]
FC
Welcome to the Hotel California.
E7Am
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
FC
There's Plenty of room at the Hotel California
DmE
Anytime of year,(anytime of year) You can find us here...
[VERSE]
AmE7
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, She got a mercedes benz
GD
She got alot of pretty pretty boys that she calls friends
FC
How they danced in the court yard sweet summer sweat
DmE
Some dance to remember some dance to forget
AmE7
So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)
GD
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969
FC
and still those voice are calling from far away
Dm
Wake you up in the middle of the night
E
Just to hear them say
[CHORUS]
FC
Welcome to the Hotel California.
E7Am
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
FC
There's Plenty of room at the Hotel California
DmE
Anytime of year,(anytime of year) You can find us here...
[VERSE]
AmE7
Mirrors on the ceiling; the pink champagne on ice (an she said)
GD
We are all just prisoners here , of our own device
FC
and in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast
Dm
They stab it with their steely knives but they
E
just can't kill the beast
AmE7
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
GD
I had find the passage back to the place I was before
FC
"Relax" said the night man; we are programmed to receive
Dm
You can check out anytime you like
E
But you can never leave...
[CHORUS 2:]
FC
Welcome to the Hotel California.
E7Am
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
FC
There's Plenty of room at the Hotel California
DmE
What a nice surprise; bring your alibis